The Place-Name Advisory Board - Presentation
The Place-Name Advisory Board is a dedicated consultative and support body and is closely integrated with Lantmäteriet. The Board was established in 1985. In accordance with 12 § of the ordinance (2007:1057) which contains instructions for the tasks and responsibilities of Lantmäteriet (Sw. Förordningen 2007:1057 med instruktion för det statliga lantmäteriet) it is stated that there shall be an advisory body within Lantmäteriet which has competence for handling questions related to place-names.
Further, it is stated that the body shall be made up of representatives for parties that are engaged in the work of caring for, preserving and creating place-names including Lantmäteriet (Chairman), the Swedish National Heritage Board, the Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research, the Universities, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities, Sweden Post, the National Road Administration, the Swedish Local Heritage Federation, the Saami Parliament and (since 2001) the Church of Sweden. The task of the Board includes supporting Lantmäteriet in its task of promoting an appropriate and careful management of place-name issues. In its role as the national place-name authority, Lantmäteriet has responsibility for co-ordination these activities in the central government sector.
The work of the Place-Name Advisory Board contributes to a significant degree to giving this co-operation concrete forms. Although the Board does not have formal decision-making rights, it does have an independent advisory and interface function. In this role the Board seeks to provide guidance to authorities and other name-giving organisations to assist them in taking decisions. This guidance is in the form of comments and statements of opinions on issues that may later become praxis. This has generally proved to be a successful way of working. Within the mandate that was given to it through the new Code of Good Practice paragraph, the Board has initiated a programme of guidance in good place-name practice. The programme is aimed at assisting with the interpretation and dissemination of information about the concept of good practice, at creating an increased understanding of the principles of care and preservation of place-names, and at generally increasing the impact of the paragraph.
Members in the Place-name Advisory Board
Lantmäteriet, chairman
Anders Lundquist, Lantmäteriet
The Universities
Staffan Nyström, Uppsala universitet/The University of Uppsala
The Swedish Local Heritage Board
Ingela Broström, Sveriges Hembygdsförbund/The Swedish Local Heritage Board
The Swedish National Heritage Board
Kaj Janzon, Riksantikvarieämbetet/The Swedish National Heritage Board
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities
Marianne Leckström, Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting/The Swedish Association of Local Authorities
Sweden Post
Tore Wändin, Posten Sverige AB/Sweden Post
The Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research
Leif Nilsson, Institutet för Språk och folkminnen/The Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research
The Saami Parliament
Elli Sivi Näkkäläjärvi Utsi, Sametinget/the Saami Parliament
National Road Administration
Jenny Norén, Vägverket/National Road Administration
The Church of Sweden
Karin Bohlin, Svenska Kyrkan/The Church of Sweden
Ersättare
The Saami Parliament/Sametinget
Nils-Olof Sortélius and Per Martin Israelsson
National Road Administration/Vägverket
Niclas Nilsson
The Universities/Universiteten
Lars-Erik Edlund, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för nordiska språk
The Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research/Institutet för språk och folkminnen
Maria Löfdahl, Dialekt-, ortnamns- och folkminnesarkivet i Göteborg
The Church of Sweden/Svenska kyrkan
Bengt Stigner, Växjö stift, Svenska kyrkan/The Church of Sweden
